21st Annual
Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day
Sunday, October 18, 2015
2015 Theme
Schedule of Events
10AM
Pre-Event Guided Hike on the Buckeye Trail/North Country National Scenic Trail
Hosted by the Buckeye Trail Association
(Meet at Miner’s Statue at 116 West Main Street)
11:30AM-5PM
Food Hall Opens
(Tecumseh Commons)
Noon-5PM
Exhibits, Vendors & Children’s Zone Open
(Main Street)
Noon-4:30PM
Southern Perry County Quilt Show
(Masonic Lodge)
12:15-12:55PM
Theater Historian Michael Hurwitz
”Entertainment At The Opera House”
(Tecumseh Commons)
12:30-1:30PM
Making Minions Kids Craft Activity
Perry County Library
Children’s Zone/Saltlick Twp. Park (Gazebo)
1:00-2:00PM
Ohio University Graduate String Quartet
Music from the Opera House
(Tecumseh Commons)
1:30-2:15PM
Guided Walking Tour of Shawnee Historic District
(Meet at Miner’s Statue on West Main Street)
1:45-3:00PM
Children’s Feature
Tecumseh Lake Pond Study with Kids
Rural Action Environmental Education/Watershed Group
Gather At Outdoors In The Little Cities of the Forest Exhibit in Elaine’s Garden
2:00-2:30PM
Old Time Medicine Show
(East Main Street)
2:30-3:10PM
Author & Professor William Condee of Ohio University
“Hamlet, Sunday School & Zarrow Pig Review: The Opera House in Appalachia”
(Tecumseh Commons)
3:15-3:45PM
2015 Annual Little Cities Spirit Award
(Tecumseh Commons)
3:15-4:00PM
Professor Bubblemaker
(East Main Main Street-Children’s Zone)
3:45-4:00PM
People’s Choice Award-Southern Perry Quilt Show
(Tecumseh Commons)
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Music by Rich Greenlee
Curtain Up to Encore Prelude
(Tecumseh Commons)
4:00-5:00PM
Curtain Up to Encore: Old Tyme Opera House Revue
Directed by Dayton Willison
Performers: Bonnie Hall, Ken Bowald, O’Ryan, DaytonWillison, Mr. Lee & John Grudwahl
Revue includes magic, an old time medicine show, operetta style song, Vaudeville , stories of old theaters and a classic scene from Romeo and Juliet
(Tecumseh Theater – 2nd Story Opera House Space)
Donations Solicited-Must Sign Waiver of Liability to Attend
Children Must be Accompanied by Adult
5PM
Event Concludes
Also Featuring…
Great Food in Tecumseh Commons Dining Area
(Homemade Soup, Sandwiches & Pie)
The Opera Houses of the Little Cities Exhibit (Tecumseh Commons)
Ohio’s Clayground-Pottery Demonstrations & Exhibits (Harigle Garage)
Children’s Zone-Saltlick Twp. Park (Gazebo)
Outdoors in the Little Cities of the Forest (Elaine’s Garden)
Children’s Toy Museum (Children’s Zone-Saltlick Twp Park)
Wild West Costume & Souvenir Photographs
Exhibits, Vendors, Art, Strolling Musicians & more…..
Support for Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day comes from:
Southern Perry County Academic Endowment Fund
Sponsors in our 2015 LCBD Day Program Book
and
2015 Poster
